Crappie Eggs Benedict with the Best Homemade Hollandaise Sauce
Crappie Eggs Benedict with the Best Homemade Hollandaise Sauce - an indulgent, buttery topping perfect for this crappie recipe you can enjoy to start your day.
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
Crappie Eggs Benedict
- 2 slices bacon, cut in small pieces
- 2 cups fresh kale, chopped
- ¼ teaspoon Tony's Creole Seasoning
- ½ pound crappie fillets, boneless (or fillets from 2 fish)
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp white vinegar
Hollandaise
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoon melted butter
- 1 tablespoon Creole mustard
- 1 tablespoon hot water
- ¼ teaspoon Tony's Creole Seasoning
Instructions
Homemade Hollandaise Sauce
- To make the hollandaise, combine the egg yolks, lemon juice, and salt to a blender.
- Blend on high for 30 seconds until combined.
- Adjust blender speed to low and slowly drizzle in the hot melted butter while blending on low speed. Add Creole mustard, hot water, and ¼ teaspoon Tony's Creole Seasoning and blend until it starts to get thick.
Crappie Eggs Benedict
- In a large skillet, cook the bacon over medium-high heat, turning until crisp. Remove bacon from the skillet and put on paper towel-lined plate
- Transfer half of the bacon grease from the pan to a small bowl and reserve for later
- Add the kale and Tony's seasoning and cook for about 3 minutes, stirring often. Remove kale from skillet, set aside, and keep warm.
- In that same skillet, add the reserved bacon grease and cook the crappie fillets over medium-high heat for 2 minutes on each side. Remove from heat.
- Add a pinch of salt and the vinegar to the boiling water. Use a slotted spoon to stir a whirlpool into the water.
- One at a time, drop TWO of the eggs into the center of the whirlpool and let them cook for 2 ½ minutes. Use the slotted spoon to carefully life the eggs out of the water. Repeat the process with the other two eggs
- Divide the cooked kale among four plates. Top with bacon, then a fish fillet, and then an egg on top of that.
- Pour on the homemade hollandaise and serve!
JT says
Great idea!
TJ Herrick says
Tried this recipe with Halibut and used spinach instead of Kale. Everyone loved it.
Jeff Benda says
Glad you liked it as much as we did. Great idea on the halibut! I'll have to give that version a try.